 Hi, today I wanted to try out Ubuntu 21.4 because the last time I tried Ubuntu, it was using Unity So a long time ago. So first of all, let me say that I think that at this point pretty much any distribution popular distribution as a very clean and good UI by default which is what really interests me because that's what I do at KDE and I think personally I always got a disabled icons and But I'm impressed by the fact that all these options are like instant apply That's not the case in Plasma. So I'm not used to that, but it's really good then one thing that immediately I Immediately noticed and I really loved the design choice was to use a terminal That's slightly purple in the background. That is Almost like it's transparent given the background, but it's not transparent It's just tinted, but I think it's really pretty I really like it and the sidebar also takes a bit of color from the background So I really like that design choice as well So let me actually go through all of the applications that we have here as an example. I've seen that we have a 2D application, but let me just say that the Mines icon is just beautiful Like I've given a look to all of them and I found this one just to be The best one. I love this icon But anyway, the 2D application because I am a big fan of getting organized so We've got Personal to-dos and I can add my own. I can even choose a color. That's pretty Simple yet effective color picker and What can I do with those? Can I I can rearrange them and I can even take notes on them and of course set a due date and One very if I can also organize them in like Subtas, yes seems like I can do that makes sense and One thing that I really wish to do application at is the possibility to add Template task with like some notes in it that I can just copy paste when necessary Can I copy paste these things? I don't think so but Yeah, I mean it's are pretty simple to do application I still think that the best application to the application I found is the tasks.org for Android because that one is just Amazing and then we can also give a look to Firefox and LibreOffice. I think you all know those applications. So I'll just skip them and Let's go with something like shot for for Images which I don't have any so that's a bit of a pity so let's download example one and Also, let me say that I really like the fact that you can drag the windows in the virtual desktops Of course, you can also do that in plasma, but it's not as simple in the straightforward like in this case You just have them out of the box. Whereas in plasma you have to at least configure them Depends on the distro, but anyway, let's start. Let's find a test image To give a look at Shot for so let's download this one And I could have picked a better test images than just a big text with test, but That's what I got. So let's save it nice and let's Open it Reset the downloads index and I can't so did I completely miss the Point of short one Please okay. No, here's my image and what can I do with this image? So let's see Edit the image then there's not much I can actually do due to Edit it I can rotate it flip it Crop okay on the normal stuff Yeah, this looks about the same. I actually have like an ounce stuff. What's an ounce? Okay, this one I can actually see working Of course, it won't do much on this test image, but Announce Okay, and answer actually chooses Profile automatically I guess makes sense and then I have all of this stuff It's okay The design I think lacks a bit like there is a menu bar could be inside a header bar I think that would be an improvement and I keep on pressing the meta button to see all application, but it is this button We also have what do you have here just a couple of them, but there's also a video application and Well, is this the same one as see? Yes, this is the same one as GNOME So I can actually see channels. I think this is like super impressive I'm still like very impressed by Being able to play this stuff I'm afraid that the software center is broken for me I don't know why but if I try to start it, I just get a node application that I found so we'll skip that over and Actually, let me give a look to the settings and in the settings we have At the top this appearance Button with the ability to switch to a fully dark or full fully light team Which is very nice. It's not in a GNOME, but I kind of wish it was because switching the color scheme of the application I think it's a basic operation that most user would like to have an option to do and Actually, if I think of plasma we've had for Many years the light and dark options, but we never had this combination of dark and then light but with the latest Version we can kind of have something like that light version for the application and a dark version for all of the rest of stuff so like this and Instead for like the top bar dark dot top bar and then white content We might be able to do this to do this in the short future, but we'll see With the introduction of the tools area. It's much easier and then we have all of the usual stuff online accounts is something that impressed me because that's It's much better than the system settings KDA system settings. Sorry counterpart So let's actually try to log in with Google. Let's see what this gives me Do I remember my password? I think it's this one. Yes, I got it right Let's see if it actually synchronizes correctly with a bit of time, but I Actually have a bit of a slow Okay, so emails Google Drive makes sense and then also calendar. Let's see if it all works out of the box So let's pick an easy password. This is not my daily usage Okay, it works used for me calendar and so on. Okay, I actually do this. Let's try to open up my drive It's really I like the design simplicity of the file application. There's all the option in the Year, but the design is pretty clear. So can I actually get to my drive? Probably should be somewhere, but it's not here as far as I can see So what else do we have here? We've got emails. Do we have a mail application in the list? That yes, we have a Thunderbird. I don't know if it Synchronizes automatically with the Google accounts from here. I'll guess we can find out. I Don't think it does Let's see how much time it takes to set this. I actually don't use like Yes, I Don't use Thunderbird. So But I mean I can try out if it works Let's see. I Did I have to log in again? So it's there's not like synchronization from is online in accounts and Thunderbird, but I did expect that Is there any other mail application? I don't think so. Let's see No Okay, so this is my inbox. Let's see if it can actually fetch my emails and I would say so so before you get Too much private information out of that. Let's close it and see What about The calendar do we have a calendar application in here somewhere a calendar? Yeah, straight up and We do have events. Let's see in the settings if I can Online accounts. Yes, this one So is this one like already synchronized that would be impressive. So let's try to add an event Random event. I don't actually use Google events. So I need to create a new one and check if it's actually synchronized So let's go to Google.com I bet I need to log in again Okay, and we call up in a randy And my password is this one Yep Okay, so today's I set it on the sixth. So let's go to the sixth Do we have any event on the sixth? We don't well, maybe I did not create this random event on my calendar I don't have any option for that. Let's try to see if I can add it like on the not the sixth the seventh and then test two See if it synchronizes in my calendar here maybe not immediately but Like upon restart, I don't know calendar Oh, but anyway something that I noticed About the search is that I can actually search something like heart and I get characters It's pretty cool and very much useful So let's see if there's any option here that I missed But I don't think so. Maybe it just takes a bit of time I do see that a pasqua and lunedio pasquita. Oh, there's also gold status, which is totally from my calendar meaning that it's actually synchronized and Maybe it's not like Instant is synchronized, but it is synchronized. That's enough for me So what else do we have? I'll say that that's pretty much it from this one and then if we go to the list of apps I did not check out I've actually used cheese for a long time. So I know what it looks like But we have rhythm box which again, I've only used before on like unity long time ago long time no see and We are actually have the possibilities podcasts and radio Can I actually start something yet? It works. I'm not sure like How this works, but I'm just not very used to it for this one's and to log in makes sense and well, I don't have any music in my music folder, but I Trust that it would work. Is there any option we have a preferences? Oh, we actually have some options a decent amount not a kitty standard amount Which is crazy, but we do have some some options then what else So startup application was this Okay, makes sense startup programs Then we have a text editor which I'll guess is G-added. Yes, and again what really impresses me most of G-added is how well it's like Used to touch. I can actually use my touch screen very nicely. I've already said said this in the GNOME video and then what else We have live patch, which I don't know what that is Remina What a weird icon. Okay. It's a remote desktop Okay, thank you for the information and Then there is Sudoku and mine selects actually try out mines just because I love that icon. Sorry eight by eight and I can start playing nicely like this This is one this one Oops I've actually never learned how to play mines like seriously. It's never been a game that There's a utilities folder. I actually love utilities because that's where you must recognize the design design language of the us you're in Like in this example One thing that bothers me a bit is that all of the buttons have this outline and It's almost like you have a double outline because you have the end of the five button and then the beginning of the six button and That's a bit too much like it would be much Prettier to just have a single line, but that's neat picking which I shouldn't do and checking out other software Okay, can I actually do scientific calculator with that? What does that mean? Engineering I don't see any difference I thought because I have to click here advanced mode, okay financial mode That looks useful and then programming mode. Oh, I can actually go around and play with All of the bitwise operations. That's Impressive, I Wish I knew about this when I was actually, you know working with bitwise stuff keyboard mode Yep, this is very much compact. I like it and then what else do we have that was actually pretty powerful for a simple calculator application Usually I see stuff that does much less than that System monitor Okay It's very similar to the old cases. I still think that the new system system manager by Katie is like the best But that's I'm biased. I'm totally biased and then document viewer and I'm very much interested in seeing what it looks like. So I'll go ahead and download Test PDF, so let's actually go With I don't know a random PDF that I'll find over the web. Let's download it Let's put it in the download folder. I Actually have my calculus one exam this June I Think I'll need to retake it a couple of times to like September or something like that so wish me good luck and Firefox got struck nice. I actually have like two dialogues this one and this one at the same time. That's weird In this a bug save file. Yes save file Okay We've got a file now. Let's open it and It actually was downloaded two times. Okay, I think I've found a bug here And then that's pretty simple. We have the outline and Chapters the pages and Annotation can I add an ad not an annotation? So night mode, I like it To a ocular I have night mode. I don't know Out pages left rotate. I don't see anything about and ah, there's a button here. Okay, no text like this Hello Okay, you can close it and then it shows up here make sense Can I also highlight text so like this? That's this also show up. Yes, and I also can see who's the user that actually Took the annotation. I wish that all PDF viewers had an option to I Can't zoom in again. Sorry It crashed So as I was saying I wish that all PDF viewers had an option to actually hand write notes because that's extremely useful, but That may come in the future ocular as it but it's a bit I don't know. I think that external plus-plus is the application that right now Does it best? So let's get back to utilities and then there's Characters fonts. Yes, this is pretty much utility stuff screenshot Again, same one as you know Very pretty one. I like it. I Still have my crushed PDF viewer in here. Let's try to kill this one. What's the name again? What's the name if you have this big of a toolbar you could show like Deplication name or the file name Okay for squid. Thank you Because I get that most application like I have some buttons so they cannot display Deplication name or stuff like that, but when the space is there or you could just as well use it So, let's let me see Videos yeah, I think I pretty much so everything that interested me maybe just like Documents corner what it is like. Yeah, I Don't have actually a scanner like with me. It's in the other room, but I'll trust that this one works and Wow Okay, it took a bit to close but I Won't say it crushed it stayed open and just took a bit of time to close and And This is interesting. So when I try to drag an icon I get a green outline that shows The like limits of the desktop. That's interesting. I wonder what's the practical use case use case for it and Then think that's pretty much it. Is there anything missing? Well, I can do the same test I've done in Fedora, which is to actually try to install Which is to actually try to install a cute application and see how it looks like because oh Come on dolphin the file manager nothing What about ocular do you have it? I'm pretty sure we put it in the snap store There is it. Okay, let's try to install this one because something that we care about in Katie is to make JTK application feel native and follow the theme. So, you know, it's a goal It's part of the consistency goal so that's quite important and I always wonder if other You know distribution or these are doing the same and In this case the store application is a bit broken for me because It shows the installing and then just Tells me that it's already installing it So, okay, I guess So I can actually follow Uh, how they install is going by pressing install many times. Okay and meanwhile We can give a last look to The UI of this Well, it's actually pretty simple to create folders now. It was not as simple back then now. It's pretty good and No, I named folder. Let's actually try to give it a name. So test. Okay Did it work? Yes, that's neat What else do we have here? Can we like make folders of what happens if we drag a folder? Why do I keep getting Pushed to the bottom When I do a new folder. I think I found another bug So what happens if you drag a folder on a folder? Nothing makes sense You don't want to deal with recursive like folders And meanwhile ocular is at 60% so We've got I can actually I actually have the microphone volume Very handy. I like it and I did not think that Gnomor, I don't know You're going to have this because it is not there unless you plug in the microphone So you cannot actually I customize the volume of the internal internal microphone, but Now that I've I've got it. It works Then let me um brightness the wi-fi bluetooth is on we can actually turn it off I kind of wish it stayed open like If I press turn wait Bluetooth is off turn off this one should be on Okay another bug but you mean that If uh, I don't know ubuntu or gnomor reviewer did a review of plasma and just Try to find many bugs. I think they would have a easy time, but Don't worry at me saying. Oh, there's a bug here ignore that I'm actually Discharging my battery. So let me plug that in meanwhile ocular is that 99% we're almost there Now we should be plugged in. Okay power settings We can we ah, we've got the power mode. This is very nice to have I think that plasma will get this uh soon So it's very nice to see that uh gnome or ubuntu as it already. I think it's gnome here I remember what it was announced a bit back then and then what What I kind of wish we had is the graph of charge Over time a bit like android and It cut back to 14 We'll never be able to install ocular. Are we? Let's try with terminal As they don't use a apt match anymore, right? So I have to like do This thing It's already installing. Yes, I've seen it, but it's not installing very effectively Let's try to cancel this one Did it work? Nope Okay, now it's stuck on actually installing this thing Okay, I can actually try to install something completely different. What's another uh guen view? Uh guen view. Can I actually try to install something else? Maybe that one will work And I have this time I'll do it from console because it's actually called terminal here I'll do it from terminal to make sure that It works And it will only take another 20 minutes Amazing So Yeah, this one is totally stuck Let's close it anyway And let's also close this one So I'll actually pose post recording until I actually managed to get a qml application In here not qm. Sorry cute application in here Also, I was trying to see what other desktop backgrounds look like and It's very nice to see he posts everywhere And the left sidebar is transparent and picks up the background, but I'm a bit sad to see that This power polish is outcoded. I kind of wish that it took like the main color of the background, which is Actually kind of easy to do there are many libraries to do that. So if you could just do pick the Dominant color like in this case, it would probably be this yellowish Although I gotta say that this out of focus image is probably not something that I would use for a background And then there's this Grish one makes sense and again purple on grayish Okay, I Used a better network. So we can see that in 13 seconds instead of 13 minutes will have our Gwenn view which we're able to test out and the mean Take away from This section of the video is that I need to buy a new internet connection or something like that because The difference between 13 seconds and 13 minutes is astonishing I did not expect such a difference So let's actually try to see what Gwenn view looks like Okay, so let's try to see Gwenn view the the icon of Gwenn view is the old one but I think the fault here is on the Gwenn view side because I think that's like the Gwenn view icon and then we Predify it a bit on plasma by using Um The breeze icon for Gwenn view which I think looks a bit better So we need to connect the snap From this one. So let's Do what I have been asked to let's install this thing which will only take five more minutes Okay, but I need to Let's connect to the faster internet. So we'll see those five minutes Turn into five seconds Let's see. Okay, let's try again And then we can see that It is one minute. Okay So a ratio of one to five this time. So let's see if this works Okay, I'm afraid I could not install Gwenn view because other problems. So I'll just give up for now It's a bit sad that it didn't like work nicely out of the box, but I hope that it's just my installation that on a proper install it will work nicely So that's pretty much all for now. I really like Ubuntu 21.4 and I hope that like the next version with Gnome 40 will be just super awesome